In House Durable Medical Equipment Supplier Earns Medicare Accreditation
Caring Touch Medical, located on the second floor of the Cancer Center at UMM – St. Joe’s has successfully completed a rigorous process to earn Medicare accreditation from the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC).
Facility Accreditation shows a suppliers’ focus on providing quality patient care.
“The goal of accreditation is to demonstrate a facility’s ability to provide patients with quality care”, notes Claudia Zacharias, President & CEO of BOC, located in Owings Mills, Maryland. “With the American population spanning five generations, we are seeing an increased need for the types of products and services Caring Touch offers”.
Donna Sullivan has managed the facility since it opened in 2015.
“We’re honored and proud to have earned accreditation through BOC”, says Sullivan. “The accreditation process has helped us to serve our patients better here at St. Joes”.
Aside from offering Mastectomy products, Caring Touch also provides Compression Stockings for the Nursing Staff, Compression Garments for Lymphedema and Cardio patients, as well as Burn Garments. They also provide Breast Pumps to St. Joe’s and other University of Maryland Medical Facilities.
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